New trial of floating solar panels for farms underway at Lardner Park
A trial to install solar panels on lake's lagoons and farm dams will give landholders who wish to switch to renewables an option without losing land.
Visitors to Farm World at Lardner Park, were given demonstrations on a 50-kilowatt floating solar installation project at the park's reservoir, which is progressively being installed next year.
General manager of Victorian solar installation company Greenwood Tom Johnson said there were many opportunities in Gippsland to use agricultural dams for floating solar panels.
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Source: Farmonline National, Philippe Perez, 10 May 2023